The Saga of Doc Holliday: Gone West (Southern Son Trilogy) - Softcover

Victoria Wilcox

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911261428 ISBN 13: 9781911261421

Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

The American Wild West, 1873: Jesse James and his gang are robbing trains, the Sioux Indians are on the warpath, and John Henry Holliday arrives in Texas as a young man with a troubled past hoping to regain his place as a Southern gentleman.

So begins Gone West, the second volume in the trilogy of novels entitled Southern Son: The Saga of Doc Holliday. Born in the last days of the Old South, John Henry has already faced the challenges of Civil War and Reconstruction, of first love and teenage rebellion and the beginning of a professional career. But when a violent encounter changes everything, he is sent running far from his Georgia home.

Starting over in Texas, he attempts to remake his career and win back the respect of his family and the love of the girl he left behind. But his life in the West doesn't turn out the way he has planned, and soon he's in trouble with the law again and facing a terrifying truth.

When desperation drives him toward the frontier and leads to deadly action, John Henry is once again running for his life. As the story races from Dallas to Dodge City, from Denver to Trinidad and the Santa Fe Trail, he finds a new love affair, a new hero to follow -- and an old enemy eager for a reckoning. Gone West is the story of a how a gentleman becomes an outlaw, how an outlaw becomes a lawman, and how a Southern son named John Henry becomes a legend called Doc Holliday.

About this title

About the Author:

Victoria Wilcox was born in California to a pioneer Hollywood film industry family. She began her college career as a Medieval English History major before receiving a degree in English Literature and doing graduate work in Playwriting. In her professional life she has been a teacher of English and composition at the college level and worked as a technical writer and instructional designer for industry and universities. Her writing on the history of the Old South and the Wild West has been featured in True West Magazine, North Georgia Journal, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Review:

"As a biographer of John Henry "Doc" Holliday, I can only be envious of Victoria Wilcox's telling of his story. She tells his story with an intimate voice that is surprisingly fresh and compelling. Here, Doc is alive and his world real-wonderfully so." --Dr. Gary Roberts, bestselling author of "Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend" "This wonderfully written novel brings together one of the great stories of the American Frontier. Author Wilcox has done a superb job through fiction of creating a sense of time and place and giving us an intriguing look at one of the most controversial figures in the West-Dr. John Henry Holliday." --Casey Tefertiller, author of "Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend" "Through her intimate, firsthand knowledge of Doc Holliday, his youthful environs and his living relatives, Victoria Wilcox has discovered and distilled much of Doc's actual history, weaving it in with passed-down family folklore. This firsthand account of Doc's travels and acquaintances rivals other historical novels like Gettysburg and Killing Lincoln." --Don Weber, New York Times bestselling author of "Silent Witness"

About this edition

• Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1911261428
• ISBN 13: 9781911261421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314